A contemptible fellow; a coward. See Notes and Queries, 10 S. viii. 27, 117.
1845. “I despise a slink!” “Who do you call a slink?” demanded Jones. “Every dog knows his own name when he hears it, sir,” replied the major.—W. T. Thompson, ‘Chronicles of Pineville,’ p. 139 (Phila.).
1857. Poor cursed slinks! Do they not know that we were raised among them in the very hot-bed of sectarian bigotry?—George A. Smith at the Bowery, Salt Lake City, Sept. 13: ‘Journal of Discourses,’ v. 225.
1860. A selfish, false-hearted, and malicious slink.—Oregon Argus, May 19.
1860. Any slink can be a pro-slavery Democrat.—Id., Sept. 8.
1866. Here’s a passel of slink-hearted fellows who played tory just to dodge bullitts or save property, now a-howlin about for office—want every thing because they was for Union.—C. H. Smith, ‘Bill Arp,’ p. 143.
